Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-07
rsoatpr Royai Ell Exeter. England.
la' Rnrned-0rer 100 People
Roasted Alive,
-ars are Blocked and the Vic
III. -" I,rerplIy Haked-Many of
N, Bodies not Rtc0gnil BILE
IN. Lst-st Holocaust.

any were IeSSueu' N4Aly Co-p uses
$, - I'm removed. The injured sur
80 S.ys been sent to the hospital.
q -.99,-.qr..v Is about hundred.
:. sre his Il dercely lighting up the
~ People were seen ti0Cking to
~. .,Ira IN thousands inquiring for
= TIE scene inside the thestre
;.-.-s.s Ire broke out was appalling.
T-.- non fmnLCr.5 the audience to be
>.-' ant +. vas Impossible to check
',r .-.r.f. rus. TIE theatre hose
y --Igg1t .cto use in 3 few
bp. the wGter had little effect.
..,.ar, snl actresses were taken from
- .sr6aw. WIN ladders. They lost
--f-r except wlat they wore.
90. -.-e present tine 1870 bodies have
= .-7y--ed They are almost unre-
'.--.S'a. The Injured survivors have
or ,ssea TO The hospital. The IRE
rupDI. E0TT THE NIGHT.
-,s-r7 for the bodies proceeds slowly.
nv cases every thread of clothing is
lief. and tae bodies look black.
- s-e .ar.ou- reports as to the origin
49, Ire /, is only certain that the
-, arosg out II The sCene-shifters'
cement. These who escaped say the
exit was promptly opened. The
.-.,sde arrived five minutes after the
..--,y.-e cut, but The efforts of the fire
vs-s without effect. There were
"a thrilling rescues. A majority OF
:. victims were men and boys.
---- thirty women were burned.
r. ne Ire started the drop scene
~. owered TO prevent a draught. Some
~ actors opened = door TO escape,
no the ire 10 burst through the
t---..c.ne and ignite the gallery. The
-,r-s overlook he people who We're
nd In Iasss and roasted them to
u MANY Who were rescued slive
IA soon after being brought ont of the
ing building. The occupants Of the
.-.,, circle escaped. A telegram from
S. O'clock ,Ais morning says the
Is NDER CONTROL.
mis- .ae walls Of the structure are stand
~ People distracted with anxiety are
-is.ng about the streets in the nelghbor-
-sl Of tae theater in search of friends
We attended .ast nights performance.
he hospitals are 0esieged by anxious in
.---s Tor friends. Twenty badly burned
-50-.5 wh0 we're admitted TO hospitals
lied
TIE structure burned was the Theatre
sgs I. was built after the latest de
,g1 and deliberately lifted, being one of
liz ~Ie,tiest in the kingdom. There was
ST. house and everything was right IN
when the drop scene fell and in
s-1men. the stage was mass of fire.
avid panic easued. The occupants of
/ IT dress circle escaped after g dreadful
-s1 many being badly burned. The &C
- AMI actresses were in their dressing
.gcus when the ire began and all es-
srei The fire originated in the flies
s-t ,2reai rapidly, dIing the theatre with
,lC5t. The occupants of the upper cir
ID sld gallery rushed TO the windows
,--,sming fTandCally. Many jumped
ton tle windows and were injured.
.-=ls were rescued with ladders from
-sylgaais.
SCREENING SIGHT.
LONDON, Sept. The victims by the
.I.ng Of the TIester Royal at EXter
S. night were mostly working people.
a, soon s. the James were eXtinguished
i2--e force OF men began searching for
1t bodies. The stairway leading TO the
-s-lry was literally packed with bodies,
Vile 3. the head cf the stairs there were
sores Of others piled on top Of one an
@1er. Tie unfortunate victims had
-S-ed TO the door when the alarm was
-7e1, bit found the stairway blocked
sd s. mesns 81 escape cut of.
q short time the flames
81 reached them and they suffered
'-orci7le death There were pitiful
scenes in the vicinity of the burned
.-ea,'5 this morning as the friends and
.eat.5eS Of Inc supposed victims awaited
lie recovery of the bodies. In many
AseS fathers and mothers both persisted,
so numerous children are thus left
F'2oot means Of support. Several of
Il .odles are burned so that only q
ma c.ndeT remains. The number of
.5.S1lS severely injured is sixty. II is
-'s-e- inst the death-list will reach 40.
syRNEr HEYoNp IDENTIFICATION.
ass been aSCertained that there We're
persons occupying seats in the gal
e., and CT those over 100 lost their
-.ls. Search for the bodies still goes on.
!, : very probable that the total number
y deaths viii never be ascertained,
''0s 10 the fact that many of the bodies
oGe completely consumed. Two stalls
= >ls1.e belonging to 8 hotel adjoining
=. ne taes,er, ere Hiled with remains
y. Il Is impossible to identify. Most OF
* al-.e0 were adults and chiefly men,
- lew Children persisted The mum,
"a authorities held q special meeting
.'-Sy and arranged for the interment Of
= ~2.dentihed bodies.
'IUFe bodies have been taken from the
Is Ire Charred remains of twenty
...>oIs we're discovered in one heap. a
~.1eT father and child were found
-4sseo IN one embrace. All three had
sen burned to death.
CA Sc OF THE BLOCKADE.
'o,HDoN, Sept. 6.-In nearly every case
l-oth'Es had been torn of the victims
,. $50 'Ae bodies many limbs are missing
ne remains showed evidence thai
-, Lad been wrenched eff. Several
-O-e families, numbering from two to
gefsons lost their lives. The con
t, -, OF the gallery staircase account:
'-e great loss Of life among the gel
-, "a. people. llslf way down the figh
s -,,T TaS sharp sngle. The first per
ST. "3o left the gallery got past thi!
So out several who followed were
So IN gown aud damned into the angle
n,s,, "ete unable to get out owing to tn
insure M from behind. The staircase s
M PUNT was thus e9ectually blocked
IT, eaete was no other means of escape
,1oS scehe- shifter says the fire originated
te1.s some gsuZe, which in some wa,
.,-atne lgnited Tho hames snread Il